Notice of Election

Published Friday, July 8, 2016

Notice of Election

(SSSS 1-13.5-510 and 1-13.5-502, C.R.S.)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the organizational election of the proposed Sheridan Lake Water District will be held by independent mail ballot election on the 1st day of August, 2016 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Ballots will be mailed between July 11, 2016 and July 15, 2016. The purpose of the election is for the organization of the Sheridan Lake Water District, to decide the members of the initial board of directors and the length of their terms, to decide if board members may serve without limitation on their terms of office, and on the incurrence of multiyear debt. There are no bonds, mill levies or other taxes proposed to be implemented at this election. The candidates for the initial Board of Directors are Timothy J. Harris, Rick L. Harris, Garold Deines, Merle Shalberg, and Robert G. Weber. The projected operating cost for the first year is approximately $24,750. Projected revenue from water sales is approximately $40,300. Projected spending and debt incurred by securing government loans for needed capital improvements is approximately $1,039,000.00.

The boundaries of the proposed special district are as follows: That part of Township 17 South, Range 43 West; Township 17 South, Range 44 West; Township 18 South, Range 43 West and Township 18 South, Range 44 West, all being west of the 6th Principal Meridian, Kiowa County, Colorado, the limits of said land description being more particularly described as follows: Township 17 South, Range 43 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Kiowa County, Colorado: The Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 16; The South Half of the South Half of Section 17; The South Half of the South Half of Section 18; The North Half of the North Half and the West Half of the West Half of Section 19; The North Half of the North Half of Section 20; The Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 21; The West Half of the West Half of Section 30; The West Half of the West Half of Section 31; TOGETHER WITH: Township 17 South, Range 44 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Kiowa County, Colorado: The South Half of the South Half of Section 13; The South Half of the South Half of Section 14; The South Half of the South Half of Section 15; The North Half of the North Half of Section 22; The North Half of the North Half of Section 23; The North Half of the North Half and the East Half of the East Half of Section 24; The East Half of the East Half of Section 25; The East Half of the East Half of Section 36; TOGETHER WITH: Township 18 South, Range 43 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, Kiowa County, Colorado: The West Half of the West Half of Section 5; The West Half of the West Half of Section 7; The West Half of the West Half of Section 18; The West Half of the West Half of Section 19; The Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 27; The North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 30; TOGETHER WITH: Township 18 South, Range 44 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, Kiowa County, Colorado: The East Half of the East Half of Section 1; The East Half of the East Half of Section 12; The East Half of the East Half of Section 13; The East Half of the East Half of Section 24; The Northeast Quarter and the southerly 550 feet of the northerly 2,250 feet of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 25; The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 25, lying southerly of the south right-of-way line of Colorado State Highway No. 96